Previous Events
10/06/09
Global Terrorism in 2009: Assessing the Changing Threat
(an international forum, sponsored by the UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, Institute for Transitional Democracy and International Security in Budapest, Hungary, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Criminal Justice and Legal Studies Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF LIFE, Global Connections Foundation and other partners)
Date October 6, 2009, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
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Topic Global Terrorism in 2009: Assessing the Changing Threat
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Invited speakers – Sebastian Gorka, National Defense University, and Founding Director, Institute for Transitional Democracy and International Security, Budapest, Hungary; Jena Baker McNeill, Homeland Security Policy Analyst, The Heritage Foundation; Stephen Sloan, Terrorism Studies Program, UCF; John Schindler, Professor, U.S. Naval War College, author of Unholy Terror: Bosnia, Al-Qa'ida, and the Rise of Global Jihad and former NSA Balkans expert; and others. A feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East"
10/06/09
John Schindler
Professor, U.S. Naval War College, author of Unholy Terror: Bosnia, Al-Qa'ida, and the Rise of Global Jihad and former NSA Balkans expert
Date October 6, 2009Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, Institute for Transitional Democracy and International Security in Budapest, Hungary, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Criminal Justice and Legal Studies Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF LIFE, Global Connections Foundation and other partners
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East"
9/29/09 Danny M. Orlando
Regional Program Manager (Southeastern U.S.), Energy Star Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Date September 29, 2009, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
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Topic Storms and Opportunities: A Planetary Energy and Climate Discussion
Sponsors UCF Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Office of Undergraduate Studies, UCF Political Science Department, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
More Information Classroom discussions and community meetings; a co-curricular component of the UCF General Education Program Unifying Theme: "The Environment and Global Climate Change"; a feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "The Environment, Energy and National/Global Security"
9/24/09 Asra Nomani
Journalist and author of Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam
Date September 24, 2009, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
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Topic The Paradox of Women in Islam
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, The India Program at UCF, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF International Services Center, UCF Women's Studies Program, UCF Women's Research Center, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
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9/21/09 Somaly Mam
Cambodian human rights activist, former slave and author of The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine
Date September 21, 2009, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
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Topic The Road of Lost Innocence
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF Women's Studies Program, UCF Women's Research Center, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
More Information Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "Slavery's Resurgence."
9/15/09 Gillian Sorensen
Senior Advisor, United Nations Foundation, and former Assistant Secretary General, United Nations
Date September 15, 2009, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
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Topic Seeing Beyond Borders: Developing a World View
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Women's Studies Program, UCF Women's Research Center, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
More Information Classroom discussions and community meetings
8/06/09 Broadening Your Horizons with Small Business Trade Resources
(an international forum that will provide businesses with an overview of opportunities for international export)
Date August 6, 2009, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
Access Advance Registration Required
Topic Broadening Your Horizons with Small Business Trade Resources
Sponsors TradeRoots, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce, Business Council for International Understanding, UCF Global Perspectives Office, Caterpillar, IBM, U.S. Commercial Service, Enterprise Florida Inc., and the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission
More Information Invited speakers - The Honorable Representative Suzanne Kosmas, Florida District 24; The Honorable Barbara Stephenson, United States Ambassador to Panama; and The Honorable Jose Domingo Arias, Vice Minister of Commerce for Panama. With the widening of the Panama Canal, new opportunities for trade are expected. At this event, the focus will be on the importance of the Florida-Panama relationship and opportunities for trade with Panama.
8/03/09 Tim Cullen
Director of the Oxford Program on Negotiation and Associate Fellow of the Saïd Business School, and Senior Associate Member of St. Antony's College, Oxford University
Date August 3-6, 2009Topic "Negotiating Your Business To The Top" and small-country finance
Sponsors UCF Executive Development Center, UCF College of Business Administration, UCF Global Perspectives Office and the Global Connections Foundation
More Information A two-day, advance registration executive workshop on negotiation; community meetings
5/19/09 Joan Johnson-Freese
Chair, National Security Decision Making Department, U.S. Naval War College
Date May 19-20, 2009Topic Heavenly Ambitions: America’s Quest to Dominate Space
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Political Science Department, UCF China Taiwan Cross-Strait Program, and the Global Connections Foundation
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4/23/09 Paul Hirschson
Deputy Consul-General, Consulate General of Israel, Miami, FL
Date April 23, 2009, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF, Harris Corporation Engineering Center, Room 125
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Topic Israel's Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, Central Florida Hillel, UCF Judaic Studies Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, and the Global Connections Foundation
